Archives for October, 2010

Wise words from David Appell. But this is the blogosphere, so that isn’t going to happen. And Hal Lewis would be disappointed if we did; after all, he is trying to make a splash with his nonsense. As DA puts it So someone named Hal Lewis has resigned from the American Physical Society in a…

Well, the yanks did. Or maybe not, it really isn’t clear. But what *is* clear is that initial reports that Linda Norgrove was killed by the Taliban were at best unreliable and probably made up. Apparently Cameroon still insists that the reports were “in good faith” which I think is code for “inexplicably wrong but…

visual6502.org. For all those who used to play with it in their bedrooms. B-52’s: Roam. Beautiful song, though they wouldn’t last 5 minutes outside the coccoon. RMG shreds someone who thinks Lake Superior is cold because of the last ice age. But he doess so politely and informatively, so it is well worth reading. Things…

Hurrah. That saves lots of effort paying :-). Not long ago it was looking bad for the good guys (i.e., me) with a “douple dip” recession of sea ice. But a strong perforcance from the boys up north in the mushy white stuff stakes saw a sharp rebound at the end of the month, leading…

I’m hoping that reproducing the Company’s own press releases won’t get me into too much trouble. CSR is today marking a major landmark in the company’s 12 year history; the production of its two billionth chip on 30 September 2010. Having celebrated the production of its billionth chip rollout in only April 2008, CSR continues…